Politifact.com: Statements from Bill Johnsonhttp://www.politifact.com/personalities/bill-johnson/Statements from Bill Johnson reviewed by Politifact.comen-usWed, 10 Jul 2013 09:59:36 -0400Bill Johnson - Rep. Bill Johnson says most Americans want “traditional marriage”http://www.politifact.com/ohio/statements/2013/jul/10/bill-johnson/rep-bill-johnson-says-most-americans-want-traditio/The Truth-o-Meter says: Mostly False | Rep. Bill Johnson says most Americans want “traditional marriage”
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<p>Public reaction was fairly predictable when the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the federal Defense of Marriage Act, or DOMA, as unconstitutional. Many Republicans said marriage should between one man and one woman, and they supported the federal government&rsquo;s refusal to recognize gay marriage or grant federal benefits to same-sex spouses. Most Democrats said the opposite, and they hailed the Supreme Court&rsquo;s 5-4 decision striking down DOMA as a gay-rights breakthrough. And then there was Bill Johnson, a congressman from Ohio, who sent an email statement that made us snap to attention. &quot;Americans of faith are under attack,&quot; Johnson, a ...</p> <a href="/ohio/statements/2013/jul/10/bill-johnson/rep-bill-johnson-says-most-americans-want-traditio/">>> More</a>Wed, 10 Jul 2013 09:59:36 -0400http://www.politifact.com/ohio/statements/2013/jul/10/bill-johnson/rep-bill-johnson-says-most-americans-want-traditio/Bill Johnson - Bill Johnson says Ohio leads in job creation and has among the best jobless rateshttp://www.politifact.com/ohio/statements/2012/jul/16/bill-johnson/bill-johnson-says-ohio/The Truth-o-Meter says: Mostly False | Bill Johnson says Ohio leads in job creation and has among the best jobless rates
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<p> Jobs are a major concern in Ohio&#39;s 6th Congressional District, which stretches along the state&#39;s southeast border from Youngstown to the southernmost counties in Appalachia. That means job creation is again a leading campaign issue in the rematch between Rep. Bill Johnson, the incumbent elected in the Republican sweep of 2010, and Charlie Wilson, the Democrat he unseated. Johnson raises the issue when he meets with voters, and he mentioned it in June in one of the telephone town halls he uses to keep in touch with his sprawling district. &quot;I don&#39;t ...</p> <a href="/ohio/statements/2012/jul/16/bill-johnson/bill-johnson-says-ohio/">>> More</a>Mon, 16 Jul 2012 06:00:00 -0400http://www.politifact.com/ohio/statements/2012/jul/16/bill-johnson/bill-johnson-says-ohio/Bill Johnson - Bill Johnson says subsidies for the oil companies that Barack Obama has attacked don&#39;t existhttp://www.politifact.com/ohio/statements/2012/may/04/bill-johnson/bill-johnson-says-subsidies-oil-companies-barack-o/The Truth-o-Meter says: False | Bill Johnson says subsidies for the oil companies that Barack Obama has attacked don't exist
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<p> In addition to straining household budgets across the country, rising gas prices are causing America&rsquo;s politicians to make statements that strain credibility. At an April 17 news conference at the U.S. Capitol with other with conservative members of Congress, freshman GOP Rep. Bill Johnson of Marietta responded to President Barack Obama&rsquo;s attacks on federal subsidies for oil companies with an attack of his own. After observing that Obama did not take care of this issue when Democrats controlled both houses of Congress, Johnson went further. &quot;He didn&rsquo;t do anything to try to stop ...</p> <a href="/ohio/statements/2012/may/04/bill-johnson/bill-johnson-says-subsidies-oil-companies-barack-o/">>> More</a>Fri, 04 May 2012 06:00:00 -0400http://www.politifact.com/ohio/statements/2012/may/04/bill-johnson/bill-johnson-says-subsidies-oil-companies-barack-o/Bill Johnson - Was Rep. Bill Johnson&#39;s funding request for airport improvements consistent with his anti-earmark stance?http://www.politifact.com/ohio/statements/2011/jul/20/bill-johnson/was-rep-bill-johnsons-funding-request-airport-impr/The Truth-o-Meter says: No Flip | Was Rep. Bill Johnson's funding request for airport improvements consistent with his anti-earmark stance?
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<p> Rep. Bill Johnson is one of the Republican budget hawks elected to Congress for the first time last fall. He denounced earmarks and promised to cut spending. That put him on the radar of political reporter Sam Stein of Huffington Post, who recently made a Freedom of Information Act request for communications between first-term House members and federal agencies. Stein said the correspondence he received &quot;reveals that, in private, GOP lawmakers have pressed for tens of millions of dollars in federal help for their districts, even while decrying federal spending in front of ...</p> <a href="/ohio/statements/2011/jul/20/bill-johnson/was-rep-bill-johnsons-funding-request-airport-impr/">>> More</a>Wed, 20 Jul 2011 06:00:00 -0400http://www.politifact.com/ohio/statements/2011/jul/20/bill-johnson/was-rep-bill-johnsons-funding-request-airport-impr/